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Week in gaming: Bioshock Infinite, Modern Warfare 3

Bioshock Infinite and Modern Warfare 3 were previewed, Duke Nukem went gold, …

This week we had a lengthy early look at both Bioshock Infinite and Modern Warfare 3, and we explained why we're excited for Battlefield 3. We learned that Minecraft is coming to the Xperia Play as a timed exclusive, and Duke Nukem went gold.

There is also the small matter of a disfigured doll's head we received in the mail. This has been quite an exciting week.

Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold: Duke Nukem Forever is actually, really and truly, honestly... coming out. The game has gone gold, so there's no turning back now. Now what are we going to use for easy jokes?

The death march: the problem of crunch time in game development: We investigate the ramifications of quality of life concerns in the video game industry, and the potential tragedy of losing luminary designers to early retirement. Burnout is a very real threat in the world of development and, while we talk about it, not much is being done to fix it.